Local Government Act 1972

129 Payment of purchase or compensation money by one local authority to another.E+W

(1)With the consent of the Secretary of State, any purchase money or compensation payable in pursuance of the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act by a local authority in respect of any land acquired from another local authority, being money or compensation which would, apart from this section, be required to be paid into court in accordance with the M1Compulsory Purchase Act 1965, may, instead of being so paid, be paid and applied as the Secretary of State may determine.

(2)A decision of the Secretary of State under this section shall be final.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 129 modified (07.08.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8(2), Sch.2.

S. 129: certain functions transferred (07.08.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8, Sch.2.

C2S.129 modified (10.01.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8(2), Sch.2.

S.129: certain functions transferred (10.01.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8, Sch.2.

S. 129 extended (with modifications) (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 65, 125(2), Sch. 8 para. 1(1)(b)(4) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7)

S. 129: power conferred to make provisions about matters of the kind dealt with in this section (1.9.1997) by 1997 c. 50, s. 44(1), Sch. 4(a)(vii); S.I. 1997/1930, art. 2(1)(2)(m)

C5Ss. 128-131 applied (with modifications) (E.) (24.3.2011) by The Hull and Goole Port Health Authority Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/939), arts. 1(1), 7, Sch. 1

C6Ss. 128-131 applied (with modifications) (E.) (31.3.2017) by The Weymouth Port Health Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/558), arts. 1(1), 8, Sch. 1

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